La Balance
A gritty, morally murky crime thriller set in Paris where a detective's coercive manipulation of vulnerable people creates tension and danger with no clear ethical resolution.
A Paris police detective plays rough with a prostitute and her pimp/lover, whom he wants as an informant.
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